For over 40 years, 3M Company has been a major force in Harrison County’s economy. With its recently announced $4.2 million investment in an expansion project, state and local leaders consider it proof that 3M will retain that force.

Gov. Steve Beshear made the announcement last Thursday along with 3M plant manager Ann Getting that 3M will be reinvesting in its Cynthiana property.

Eusebio Torres-Torres, aka Porfrrio Torres-Mendez, 34, of Mexico, was indicted Thursday, May 6, for illegal re-entry by a previously deported alien, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s office.

The indictment alleges that Torres-Torres, an alien who had previously been deported on Oct. 7,2004, unlawfully entered the United States at Harrison County, Ky.